Waseem Akram

Waseem Akram Profile:

Born: June 03, 1966, Lahore
Batting style: Left Handed-hand bat
Bowling style: Left arm fast
Played for: Ex Skipper-Test,ODI


Matches Innings Runs NO Avg. SR 100's 50's

Test 104 147 2898 19 22.64 78.37 3 7
ODI 356 279 3717 55 16.59 88.44 0 6





Matches Innings Balls Runs Wickets BBI BBM Avg. Econ. 4w 5w 10w Extras

Test 181 181 22627 9779 414 7/119 / 23.62 2.59 20 25 5 0
ODI 351 351 18186 11812 502 5/15 / 23.53 3.9 17 6 0 153


Wasim Akram (Urdu: وسیم اکرم) (born June 3, 1966 in Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer. He was a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman, who represented the Pakistani cricket team in Tests and One Day Internationals.





Widely regarded as one of the finest fast bowlers ever, Akram holds world records for the most wickets taken in List A cricket (881), and is second only to Muttiah Muralitharan in terms of ODI wickets (502). He is considered to be one of the pioneers of reverse swing bowling.[1][2][3] The revolutionary nature of reverse swing initially resulted in accusations of ball tampering, although reverse swing has now been accepted as a legitimate feature of the game. Akram's later career was also tarnished with accusations of match fixing, although these remain unproven.

Waseem Akram relitive



Domestic career

Wasim signed for Lancashire in 1988 and went on to become one of their most successful overseas players. From 1988 to 1998, he spearheaded their attack in their NatWest Trophy, Benson & Hedges Cup and Sunday League winning sides. He was a favourite of the local fans who used to sing a song called "Wasim for England" at Lancashire's matches.



International career

Wasim made his Test debut for Pakistani cricket team against New Zealand in early 1985 and in only his second Test he made his presence felt with a ten-wicket haul. Like a few other Pakistani cricketers of his time, he was identified at club level and bypassed first-class domestic competition, entering international cricket directly. A few weeks prior to his selection into the Pakistani team, he was an unknown club cricketer who had failed to even make it to his college team. He was spotted by Javed Miandad, and as a result of his insisting was it that Wasim was given an opportunity to play for Pakistan. Later that season he paired with Imran Khan, who became his mentor, at the World Championship of Cricket in Australia.


Waseem Akram

One-Day success




Wasim was instrumental in Pakistan's famous World Cup victory in 1992 in Australia. In the final against England his late flurry of an innings, 33 off 19 balls, pushed Pakistan to a respectable 249 for 6. Wasim then took the all-important wicket of Ian Botham early on, and when brought back into the attack later on, with the ball reverse swinging, he produced a devastating spell which led to Allan Lamb and Chris Lewis being bowled in successive deliveries. His excellent performances earned him the Man of the Match award for the final.[4][5]



He also captained Pakistan with some success. The high points of his captaincy were the 1996-97 victory in the World Series in Australia, two Test match wins in India in 1998-99 and in 1999, when Pakistan reached the World Cup final for the second time. The low point was the 1996 World Cup in Pakistan and India, when he had to pull out of the crucial quarter final match against India, citing injury. After Pakistan's defeat, there were angry protests outside his homes, and riots across the country from angry fans who accused the team of throwing the match, and a government inquiry was launched into the failure.
In 1999, he led Pakistan to the brink of victory in the World Cup before they capitulated and were crushed by Australia in the final by eight wickets with almost 30 overs to spare. This was the start of the match-fixing controversies, as people believed Wasim had set up the match for Australia. He was pardoned by Justice Qayyum.




Records

Test cricket playing teams
There are currently ten Test-playing teams, the majority of which are individual nations.

Test status is conferred upon a country or group of countries by the International Cricket Council. Teams that do not have Test status can only officially play a shortened version of cricket, except in events such as the ICC Intercontinental Cup, which was specifically designed to allow non-Test teams to play under conditions similar to Tests. The teams are listed below with the date of each team's Test debut:

Order Test team Date of first Test Match Notes
1 Australia 15 March 1877
England Players born anywhere in the British and Irish Isles (England, Scotland, Ireland or Wales) are eligible
3 South Africa 12 March 1889 Did not participate in international cricket between 10 March 1970 and 18 April 1992 due to the international reaction to apartheid.
4 West Indies 23 June 1928 Consists of players from a number of Caribbean nations and dependencies.
5 New Zealand 10 January 1930
6 India 25 June 1932 Before partition of India in 1947, consisted of territory that are now Pakistan and Bangladesh.
7 Pakistan 16 October 1952 Before Bangladeshi independence in 1971, included territory that is now Bangladesh.
8 Sri Lanka 17 February 1982
9 Zimbabwe 18 October 1992 Suspended from involvement in test cricket between 10 June 2004 and 6 January 2005, and currently since 18 January 2006.
10 Bangladesh 10 November 2000

In 2003, the ICC announced its intention to confer Test status upon Kenya in the near future, but Kenyan cricket has been through difficulties since then and no date for Kenya's promotion is likely to be set in the near future.